South Dakota

NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw and South Dakota Governor George S. Michelson were among a number of South Dakota dignitaries who participated recently in the christening and launch of the USS Rushmore at Avondale Industries in New Orleans, La.

The Rushmore is the fourth in a series of Landing Ship Dock (LSD) vessels being built for the U.S. Navy by Avondale's Shipyards Division.

It is scheduled for delivery in early August.

Mr. Brokaw, a native of South Dakota, was principal speaker at the christening; his wife, Meredith A.

Brokaw, was the ship's sponsor.

Governor Mickelson also delivered remarks at the ceremony and his wife, Linda Michelson, served as matron of honor.

Another South Dakota native, A1 Neuharth, co-founder of USA Today, also attended the ceremony.

The Rushmore, like her sister LSD ships, is 610 feet long, has a beam of 84 feet, and a maximum draft of 19 feet 7 inches, displacing 15,623 long tons. She stands 175 feet tall, has a depth of 44 feet 6 inches and is capable of service speeds of 20 knots.

The LCACs which will be carried by the Rushmore also are being built by Avondale at its recently acquired Gulfport marine facility.

The LSDs are multi-functional ships capable of a wide range of amphibious assault operations for the Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps. Their primary mission is to carry, launch and dock up to four Landing Craft Air-Cushion (LCAC) vessels. In combination with the LCACs, the LSD ships permit landing of troops through beach obstacles and heavy surf to potential trouble spots around the world.

The ship christened and launched at Avondale is the second to bear the name Rushmore. The original Rushmore was launched in May 1944, and participated in four amphibious landings, earning three battle stars during World War II.

The Rushmore and other Navy ships under construction at Avondale are built using state-of-the-art modular construction techniques for prefabricated units. The large modular units are assembled and outfitted with piping, ventilation ducts, electrical wireways, and other equipment, in designated zones of the shipyard. The pre-outfitted modules are then moved to the building site and erected into complete ships. Prepackaged units of heavy machinery are assembled ashore and then lifted aboard ship for installation.

Avondale, headquartered in metro New Orleans, is one of the nation's leading marine fabricators.

Its Shipyards Division was founded in 1937. In addition to its shipbuilding operations, the company specializes in boat and landing craft (LCAC) construction. It is also a major marine repair contractor, serving both military and commercial customers in addition to engaging in modular construction for many land-based industrial applications, such as electrical power plants.

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Machinery
Company (AMMCO) of Nashville
has been awarded a contract worth
about $390,000 to supply two cutterhead
suction dredging machines
to the South Dakota Department of
Water and Natural Resources.
AMMCO management personnel
were given the contract in Pierre,
S.D., recently following a meeting
with

, who will
undertake sales and marketing
responsibilities on behalf of Delta
Line in the states of Illinois, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, Iowa, and Missouri.
Irvin Bedrava, formerly Delta's
Chicago office manager, has been
retained by Delta as its senior
sales executive for the

, West Virginia
and southeastern Ohio.
M & H Equipment Company of
Minneapolis will cover Minnesota,
northwestern Wisconsin, North
and South Dakota, and the west-
ern part of the upper peninsula
of Michigan.
The National Marine systems
are known as OilMaster™ for industrial
applications

of Ontario. The
Midwest states include: Arkansas,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
In order to "focus-in" on the
three major areas of concern to
dredging in the Midwest, the meeting
shall

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The legal wrangling has just begun, with the states of, Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming filing a lawsuit in early August against the EPA for overstepping authority granted under the Clean Air Act.
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properties had been awarded the company's Certified Site designation. The sites, located in Minot, North Dakota; Avard, Oklahoma; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, "have already been scouted by BNSF and evaluated for their shovel-readiness," said the railroad, noting that the analysis (including

The marine industry is now successfully
using an "unconventional"
shaft coupling combining a high
torque-carrying capability with
ease-of-mounting and dismounting.
Classified by Lloyd's, ABS, and
DNV, among others, SKF OK couplings
prove to be a simple, safe and
fast way of connecting two shafts.

include
Butler-Johnson, Inc., based in Shreveport,
La., which serves the Arkansas, Louisiana,
Texas area; Willis Drilling Company,
operating in South Texas from headquarters
in Edinburg, Texas; Cubby Drilling Inc., of
Midvale, Ohio, and Western Oil Well Service
Company which provides well servicing

of maintaining the highway 10 connection. U.S. 10 is an east-west United States highway connecting the states of Michigan with Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota by means of ferrying across 60 miles of Lake Michigan. As such, the ferry is critical to the economies of Manitowoc, Ludington and the surrounding

Crowley's petroleum services group has taken delivery
of its newest tug. Avik, to serve in the company's
oil transportation and distribution fleet. The 76-ft. tug
was designed by Crowley's Vessel Management
Services team and built by Dakota Creek Industries. It
was delivered on June 3 and has been put

to govern this nascent industry. to 24,000 square kilometers of the Cooke Islands EEZ. The
Toronto-listed Nautilus Minerals is deeply involved in the South Paci? c nation has had a Seabed Mining Act since 2009,
Bismarck Sea project, Solwara 1, where the world’s ? rst, and OML will work with its Seabed

for a bridge project
in the United States. The project was started in
January of 2013 and, after a phased opening
that started in 2017, the ? nal south traveling
lanes were opened in September of 2018. De-
construction work on the old bridge continues.
Business Challenge: The retired Tappan Zee
Bridge

(SN-BR), all made in Brazil
4.5 million square kilometers - equivalent to half of Brazil’s at a purpose build state-of-the-art Navy shipyard on the south
land area. coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
To protect this natural heritage and guarantee Brazilian Of the four conventional submarines already

vice industry is second to none. And Bay Terminals (LBT). LBT, located at
ity year. Nelson is slated to be installed those of us that live and work in south Limetree Bay, St. Croix, USVI, is in the
as chairman for a one-year term on the Louisiana know the power of neigh- process of restarting an idled

and reliable performance, particularly in
more extreme environmental conditions. This smaller boat
currently used throughout Europe, Australia and South
America delivers the same consistent performance as the
larger boats to the US mid-sized market. The boat features
a twin chine heavy weather hull

projects is up. For
2018-2019, Mike Little’s data shows $35.6 billion in new
investments in the Northeast Region, a 2.1% increase over
2017. For the South, new investment will total $160 bil-
lion, up 2% from 2017. In the Midwest – investment will be
close to $80 billion – a whopping 12.8% increase over

the sheen came
as a workboat left the safety of its riverside dock just after from another vessel and had nothing to do with the dam-
midnight to travel south to meet with and make up a small aged towboat. Ultimately, any petroleum product because
? otilla of eight empty barges for delivery to a riverside

unit enables us to provide
routes for container on barge services. a more comprehensive level of barge service to current and
In the past few weeks, the South Carolina Ports Author- potential customers and continue to serve as a catalyst for
ity (SCPA) furthered their quest to develop a marine high- commerce

it will eventually reduce the number to
transported on any one of the alliances members (NYK Line, ‘K
four, with two in the North Harbor and two in the South Harbor,
Line, and MOL) could be delivered to any one of seven terminals
the new inside names of Seattle and Tacoma, called locally SeaTac.
in the

ships calling on Houston moves in February and has handled 18,709 rail moves in FY2019.
Ship Channel terminals after petroleum shippers complained that South Carolina is betting heavily on inland port infrastructure for
the big ships would threaten export growth. The impact of that the future, and recently

, time-critical items to working established part of our portfolio of
vessels at anchorage. husbandry services, which we provide
Lifting off from Marina South Pier day in and day out, in ports all over the
in Singapore with 3D printed con- world,” said Johansen. “Modern tech-
sumables from Wilhelmsen’s

The UK stations of Dungeness in ten RNLI stations have a Shannon class
but still feels incredibly smooth in the system and heat curing facility; a work- south-east England and Exmouth in the lifeboat and there are four Shannon class
water, even at top speed.” shop for supporting the RNLI’s inshore south-west

Navy shipyard on the
The four S-BR submarines will be The Scorpène has a hydrodynamic hull
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south coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
larger than the Scorpène class acquired built with HLES 80 steel, derived from
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. The scope Rhode Island by Blount Boats, is a 21 meter aluminum
also included marine engineering, lift engineering, general vessel that was designed by South Boats, a pioneer in de-
operations planning, the design, fabrication and mobiliza- signing and manufacturing crew transfer vessels. Prior to
tion

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